Today is the final day to bid in the auction to benefit the AGF. Participants can bid on Go lessons from online teachers, dojo membership, Go equipment, Go books, old Go periodicals, and more! Players can also donate directly to the AGF to help support the amazing projects they do every year. Funds donated to the AGF support the following programs, and more:
- Send free Go equipment to hundreds of schools across the nation
- Help teachers to purchase additional equipment on a matching basis
- Provide matching startup funds for new Go programs for children
- Publish The Way to Go, the most widely read Go book in English
- Distribute free copies of Go As Communication, a book about teaching Go
- Purchase specialized equipment for Go instructors in schools
- Cover thousands of dollars of scholarships for kids and youth players at the Go Congress
- Bring the AGF Teacher of the Year to the Go Congress
- Grant annual college scholarships to players who promote go in their communities
- Provide youth scholarships to attend the AGA Summer Go Camps
- Maintain the KGS server as a go owned and operated community
